A group of teenagers who mocked a disabled man while they sat back and filmed him drowning will not face charges - because they did not break any laws.

Jamel Dunn, 32, walked into the water fully clothed before getting into difficulties while trying to swim .

But the teenagers , who were smoking marijuana watching Jamel from the side of the pond, refused to help.

Instead, they filmed the father-of-two struggling and shouting 'help', while mocking him and telling him he shouldn't have got into the water in the first place.

The footage shows Jamel's head bobbing up and down in the water as he begged to be rescued. Eventually, his head disappears from view.

Jamel's body was discovered three days later.

The teenagers refused to help Jamel, who walked with a cane (
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Jamel was heard screaming for help as he struggled in the water (
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According to police, the teenagers will not face charge because they it does not appear that any laws were broken, reports the New York Post .

The group told officers that they told Jamel, who walked with a cane, not to go into the water in Cocoa, Florida.

Yvonne Martinez, a spokeswoman for the Cocoa Police Department said: "The kids were at the park that day smoking marijuana and apparently saw him walk into the water. He walked in on his own. They were watching him.

"He started to struggle and scream for help and they just laughed.

"He was just screaming … for someone to help him."

Jamel's head repeatedly disappeared from view (
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After Jamel fails to surface, the teenagers keep joking, with one saying: "Oh, he just died" as the others laugh. They did not call the emergency services at any point.

The teenagers are not expected to face criminal charges, despite their actions having no 'moral justification'.

Brevard-Seminole State Attorney’s Office said in a statement: "While the incident depicted on the recording does not give rise to sufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution under Florida statutes, we can find no moral justification for either the behaviour of persons heard on the recording or the deliberate decision not to render aid to Mr Dunn."

Ms Martinez later added that the teenagers showed no remorse after discovering the outcome, only responding with a "smirk".

Jamel leaves behind two daughters, aged 11 and six.

His friends have set up a Go Fund Me page to help pay for funeral costs, as well as provide money for his children as they get older.